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[inuko]

Hey, magic knowledgeable people, how possible is it on a scale of 1 to 100 that people who have a part of what used to be your body (nail clippings, hair, blood, antlers, scales, fur, feathers) could work some kind of magic on you, specifically, with it?

I mean, more how likely do you think it is that people here can do that? Especially as more Chroma's being absorbed back into the world.

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[necroyalty]

Short answer: Yes.

That is extremely possible.

[inuko]

Great, that's what I was afraid of. Is there a safe way to take care of these things? Or get some kind of magic cast to prevent it from being as bad as it could be?

[necroyalty]

Clean up after yourself?

[inuko]

Wow, would never have thought of that myself.

Seriously though! Fur, feathers? Antlers, sure, but what do you do with something like that afterward?

text; un, birdinthehand

[chichichi]

Most of what you've listed are potent personal items that usually retain a strong degree of a being's essence and energy for varying periods of time. Where I come from, it would be an easy 100. It's possible here. Why?

[inuko]

It came up talking to someone about moonblessing changes. I don't know what is or isn't the same person to person, but for me, for example, I grew and shed antlers during last month's moon cycles. But with how weird things are around Moonblessed and how often weird things target us, I started wondering and worrying if that might be something to be concerned about. What about those who have bird stuff going on? Scales? Snakes and fish both shed those. Fur might not fall out in the same ways, but if we have more people like that puppet guy looking into older, forgotten magics, then using the things we kind of just... leave laying around, what can we do to guard against it?

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[nipzips]

what's going on

someone messing with you, shino??

[inuko]

Hey Josuke!

Not right now, that's mostly been the same stuff that uh. Anyway, everyone's been caught up in before. Like the squid queen and the puppet tea guy? Last month was relaxed, snow storms were the most normal thing yet.

I was talking with someone about shedding antlers and then the weird magic people seem to be rediscovering here... it's been bothering me, wondering what else people might be able to do without us having a way to fight against it.

[nipzips]

for a minute there i thought some wizard bastard was threatening you or something.
if you're ever in any trouble, you gotta let me know, alright?

anyway ... if you ever lose your antlers somewhere and are worried about this, crazy diamond could probably retrieve them. [ Maybe? He's never tried using his stand on moonblessing features. ]

[chichichi]

You've put a decent amount of thought into this. I like that.

In a case like this, execution is more simply stated than practiced for the majority of people. The simplest answer is to change the form of the object so that it can neither be acquired, nor used if it is, but to do that, a person must be orderly in collecting anything that can be used as a focus for them and careful where they store it should they choose a particular day to address it instead of doing so immediately or someone can come into a wealth of you to utilize or sell to someone who can.

To change the form of the object, the easiest, most effective solution would be to cleanse it with fire and properly scatter the ashes. Thorough destruction is a must. In skilled hands, even the smallest undamaged wisp of a hair or feather can be used to achieve great effect. It isn't simply a matter of cleaning up after oneself, but proper disposal.

If you want to discuss measures to guard against things before the fact, a person skilled in such things could be employed to install wards and counter spells, but there are many factors to consider when you start getting into those sorts of hypotheticals.

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[disasdeer]

Hey. This really was a good question to ask.

[inuko]

[ he blinks, but smiles after a moment. ah... people really are good more often than anything else. ]

Same goes for you, you hear? You have my blade... or whatever people say when they're saying they'll fight for you. By you? All that stuff.

How can he do that? Murasame might be able to find things too, especially if it's part of me, but... honestly I'm not sure.

[nipzips]

huh? uh, yeah. we're pals after all. we got each other's backs.

[ Only, he probably won't call Shino when he's in a pinch, because he's not used to being the one being saved and would prefer to handle it all on his own. Oops. ]

crazy d fixes what's broken, so if those antlers were still considered a part of you ... actually, i don't really know how that would go.

[ Would they reattach to Shino's head? Maybe it's best to actually test this out before offering his services. Also, he's wondering what or who Murasame is now, and he might ask about it later. ]

[inuko]

Fire isn't one of my things, which is annoying... How hot of a fire is needed to reduce something like antlers to ash? Hair is... easier I guess, but what about feathers?

I don't think wards would work around me anyway, they have a tendency not to remain in place for long. Counter spells might also get complicated depending on how they work. I'm not sure what magic would react well or not with me, for example, or would work here because of what we are.

[inuko]

[ a soft snort from him reading this, and a sigh. ]

Seems important to ask when there's no easy answer to find. I'm not even the research guy, but it's important.

[disasdeer]

I feel like sometimes this isn't considered by people here.

[inuko]

Yes, exactly. Friends watch out for each other.

[ He. Uh. Has the same problem, but it's more about not thinking to ask for help and less out of a belief he's truly the only person capable of handling the things he faces. For one, this isn't home, so the stuff he pulls that on (namely the demons, gods, and ghosts he still ends up needing help with since he's a little too rash) is really not... here. ]

Uh... I guess we could try to figure it out, but like. Does that even work for fingernails or something like that?

[inuko]

If you're not used to magic or shedding more than hair from your head I guess I can see why, but the normal from elsewhere isn't quite how normal is here.

[chichichi]

Antlers will be tricky since they're a kind of bone. Even human bones aren't completely broken down by crematory fires and those are very intense. The sort of intensity you'd need probably won't be readily accessible to the public, come to think of it, but I might know someone who could do it outright without the need to grind anything up for easier scattering. Unless Fire claims them, feathers tend to burn easy in my experience.

It'd be best to find a practitioner and speak to them directly so they can address any issues or concerns you might have about receptivity and tell you if they have something that will work for you in my experience. I don't exactly have the easiest time with that sort of thing myself.

You said they break?

[disasdeer]

It's definitely particularly weird here. I mean, one day you have them, the next they're gone and all of the extras are. Well...extra.

[inuko]

That's what I thought, or else funerals wouldn't include picking bones out of the ashes, right? It's going to have to be something strong to reduce these to ash.

Hm, so then talk with maybe people in Caihong? The Lunar Scientia are all into the researching but they're not where the weird stuff seems to be coming out of except when it's related to technology.

Yes, they break. It's a side effect of certain parts of my constitution.

[inuko]

It's a headache, that's what it is. Easier to ignore it than deal with what other headaches it could bring on.

[necroyalty]

There's two options that stick out to me as ideal for smaller parts:

1) Fire.
2) Flush it down the toilet. It'll stay in its current form, but very few people are willing to trudge underground in tunnels full of urine and darkness for a single feather, weighed down with filth.

Blood washes out easily enough in very cold water, as long as you don't wait for it to set.

The antlers are the only really problematic one, however.

[nipzips]

he's usually able to fix broken nails as long as a new nail hasn't already grown in its place. i'm guessing it probably would work for antlers ... but i'd probably have to cancel the effect before those antlers start trying to reattach themselves to your head again.

that sounds kind of freaky.

un: zaveid

[sivard]

It doesn't really work that way where I'm from, but judging from the replies you're getting I'm apparently the outlier.